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Wealth & Purpose: Adding values to wealth

October 10, 2016

Investing in quality education pays dividends in social benefits. Flat World Partners founder Anna-Marie Wascher explains what motivates her to help others to make the right impact

Investing in quality education pays dividends in social benefits. Flat World Partners founder Anna-Marie Wascher explains what motivates her to help others to make the right impact.

What do you hope to achieve with your wealth?

Lavazza continues expansion with North America purchase

August 12, 2010

Luigi Lavazza SpA, the Italian coffee manufacturer owned by the founding Lavazza family, announced yesterday it plans to acquire a 7% share in US coffee company Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc for $250 million.

Wine-maker Robert Mondavi dies

May 19, 2008

Robert Mondavi, founder of the winery named after himself, has died at the age of 94.

Robert Mondavi, founder of the winery named after himself, has died at the age of 94. The Mondavi family stated that the legendary vintner died peacefully at his home in Napa Valley, California.

Sheetz: putting community into convenience

May 2, 2008

From a single store in Altoona, Western Pennsylvania, the Sheetz family has grown the business into a $3 billion concern with more than 350 locations around the US. Bruce Love finds out how they did it

Unwritten ‘rules’ for women at the helm

March 1, 2005

Despite making up almost half of the workforce in the US, women still struggle to achieve the top positions. Suzanne Lane makes a few suggestions to women entering the workplace of their family business

Suzanne Lane is program director at Loyola University Chicago Family Business Center.

We’re jammin’

January 1, 2004

A virtual icon at American breakfast tables, Smucker’s jams have taken their rightful place as one of the family. To this day, family values remain a key ingredient of the company’s success

Dennis Jaffe is Professor at Saybrook Graduate School in San Francisco, author of Working With The Ones You Love and a founding member of the Aspen Family Business Group.

Tim Habbershon is the Founding Director of the Institute for Family Enterprising at Babson College. He is a Professor of Entrepreneurship holding the President's Term Chair.

A virtual icon at American breakfast tables, Smucker's jams have taken their rightful place as one of the family. To this day, family values remain a key ingredient of the company's success